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March 22, 1938. r G. GYGER 1 2,112,019

PEDAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE CONTROL OF THE GAS ADMISSION AND THE BRAKES IN MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Oct. 20, 1936 \NVENTOR G USTAV (5Y6 ER \7 v BY a? ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 22, 1938 PATENT OFFICE PEDAL ARRANGEMENT FOR THE CONTROL OF THE GAS ADMISSION AND THE BRAKES IN MOTOR VEHICLES Gustav Gyger, Bienne, Switzerland Application October 20, 1936, Serial No. 106,657

- In Switzerland August 8, 1936 2 Claims.

Thepresent invention relates to a pedal arrangement for motor vehicles and particularly to an arrangement in which one single lever is provided for the brakeand the gas-control, the

5 brake being operated by swinging the pedal in a longitudinal vertical plan while the control of the gas admission is operated by swinging the pedal in a transverse direction of said plane.

The invention is illustrated in the annexed drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2, a sectional view taken on line IIII of Fig. 1.

According to the drawing the controlling treadie of the motor vehicle comprises a pedal plate I provided with upright side borders l6 and attached to a brake lever 2. This lever afterhaving crossed the dashboard extends with a sharp backwards bend towards the brake shaft 3 beneath the vehicles floor where it is formed with 29 an eye I sleeved loosely to a stud bolt 6 held rigidly fast in a hub piece 4, which is clamped to the brake shaft provided with the brake lever 11. By this arrangement the brake lever 2, while being adapted to be swung in a plane perpendicular to the brake shaft and to operate thereby this shaft, is enabled also to be swung in a transverse direction. But this latter movement is limited on one side by a rigid guide rail ll alongside of which lever 2 slides when swingmg to operate the brake and on the other side by the contact with an arm of an angular lever II which, is intended for the gas control and swinging in a horizontal plane is pivotally held by a. bracket Ill attachedto the outside of the dashboard IS. A friction roller 8 mounted on lever 2 takes up the contact with one arm: of lever II. This contact is kept assured by a spring 12 connecting a short arm l8 of lever ll with the dashboard, while the position of rest is determined by an adjusting screw l3 which is held by the bracket [0 and is serving as abutment for the short arm 18. A third arm of lever II is connected to the gas control mechanism IS.

The mechanism as described permits the control by one and the same pedal of both the admission of gas to the motor and the working of the brake, the brake being controlled by a e rocking movement of lever 2 in avertical longitudinal plane and the gas admission by a. onesided swinging movement of said lever side ways.

What I claim is:-

1. In a pedal arrangement for the control of the gas admission and of the brake in motor vehicles and in combination, the dashboard, a backwardly bent brake lever crossing the dashboard and provided at one end with a pedal plate having upright side borders and at the other end with an eye, a transverse brake shaft beneath the floor of the vehicle, a brake lever carried by this shaft anda hub-piece clamped to the shaft, a stud bolt held rigidly fast by said hub piece and forming the pivot for the eye of the brake lever for its swinging in a transverse direction, a guide rail limiting the transverse movement of the brake lever on one side and a three armed lever pivoted to the dashboard and held with one-arm in contact with the other side of the brake lever, the second arm being connected to the gas control device, and a tension spring attached to the dashboard connected to the third arm of said three armed lever.

2. In a pedal arrangement according to claim 1, an adjustable abutment screw in contact with the third arm of the three armed lever to assure the position of rest of the same.

GUSTAV GYGER. 

